Recent Catalogues - January 2020 - BIOGRAPHY - Page 2

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Sir Ninian Stephen: A Tribute.

This collection of essays by some of Sir Ninian's distinguished colleagues highlights the wisdom and experience of a man who has shown the greatest commitment to national and international public life, and achieved successes in both areas. Publisher...

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An Eye For Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark.

Clark's flaws are not ignored and many of the factual errors in his most important books are exposed in this thorough exploration of his life, his family, travels, and work. Beloved and respected by those on the left of politics and ridiculed by the...

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Robert Bruce: Our Most Valiant Prince, King and Lord.

Seven hundred years ago Robert Bruce seized the kingship of Scotland as his birthright and, defeated in battle, fled overseas. Adventurous and heroic his career saw him 'at once a valiant knight and a great lord, a clever politician, a murderer, a...

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Young Ovid: An Unfinished Biography.

There's very little evidence for him in the historical sources, so the author extrapolates autobiographical information from his poetry. She examines the conditions and customs to which Ovid was exposed as a young Roman. It's a dangerous, but extremely...

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The Woman Who Saved the Children: A Biography of Eglantyne Jebb, Founder of Save the Children.

Eglantyne Jebb was the founder of 'Save the Children' and we follow her emergence from the supportive and socially conscious country gentry family, the feminist influences of her Aunt Bun who encouraged all the girls to go to university even though it...

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Rose Kennedy: The Life and Times of a Political Matriarch.

A fascinating biography of the American matriarch, her world and her values, especially her unshakeable religious faith. She was a complex and determined woman who was a force of nature, and not always behind the scenes. She created a dazzling dynasty...

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Constantine the Emperor.

Constantine the Great (282-337) was a visionary, an aggressive warrior, cruel partner and shrewd ruler. His career was long and remarkable, not least for his strategic conversion to Christianity which brought his subjects into Christianity too. A...

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The comrade from Milan.

The author discusses her participation in the Italian resistance movement during World War II, her rise in Italy's Communist Party to become editor of its weekly paper and a member of parliament and her subsequent move away from party lines to form the...

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Harold and Jack: The Remarkable Friendship of Prime Minister MacMillan and President Kennedy.

Theirs was an unlikely friendship. MacMillan appeared apparently decrepit, known for his shuffling gait and capacious plus four trousers, a man who described Kennedy as 'having the look of a boy on holiday'. Despite their disagreements their friendship...

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Lenin the Dictator: An Intimate Portrait.

Lenin built a state based on terror and is often depicted as a rigid ideologue, a Communist fanatic, and this is true up to a point. But when ideology clashed with opportunism he chose the tactical path above doctrinal purity. He was driven by advancing...

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Me Talk Pretty One Day.

This collection of essays has become a classic since it was first published in 2000. It is divided into two parts with the first lot of essays describing his life and upbringing in North Carolina and working at odd jobs in New York City. The second part...

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Chef.

The award-winning writer sets his tale in the beautiful disputed territory of Kashmir. Politics and cuisine come into conflict when Kip, a shy young Sikh, is sent to a military camp and placed under the supervision of a fiery chef, whose loves in life...

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Starman: David Bowie: The Definitive Biography.

There are many colour and B/W photographs illustrating this comprehensive biography of a great artist. The facts and anecdotes throughout will fascinate Bowie fans as we are taken from his early years in the bombed out streets of Brixton to his heights...

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Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings.

Little is known about Mary, and there's much more conjecture than fact, but Weir has put together a detailed and reliable account of her life and the (tiny) part she played in Tudor history. She paints a sympathetic picture of a young woman who was swept...

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Guilty Thing: A Life of Thomas De Quincey.

Wilson begins her chronological account of De Quincey's life not with his birth in 1785 but with the death of his sister Elizabeth in 1792. Elizabeth was nine, De Quincey was six. In his writings he identified her death as the moment he came to a true...

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Mess: One Man's Struggle to Clean Up His House and His Act.

He was a hoarder, a clutterer, a collector. He accumulated a LOT of objects/things/items. His droll memoir takes us through his attempts to free himself of this addictive disorder. For all of us who have too much stuff. Publisher Description Millions of...

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